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Despite improving to 6-1 with its victory over UCLA on Saturday, Notre Dame dropped one spot in the Bowl Championship Series standings, from eighth to ninth. The Irish also dropped from 10th to 11th in the Associated Press poll. . . . On Notre Dame’s first defensive play Saturday, senior defensive end Victor Abiamiri was flagged for jumping offside. Despite the defense playing a mostly mistake-free game, “I was not very happy with that,” coach Charlie Weis said Sunday. “That’s not what an experienced player should be doing.” . . . Saturday marked just the 10th time in Notre Dame history the Irish had trailed with less than 30 seconds left and still won, three times on TDs and seven on field goals.